The Road Freight Association (RFA) says a number of its members have queried when the e-tolls in Gauteng will be implemented and have issued an update on the current situation.

The first phase of tolling on the initial 185 km of the freeway with gantries has not yet been implementedand  the High Court has granted OUTA leave to appeal its decision (at the Supreme Court of Appeal). This date has not been set yet.

The outstanding Transport and Related Matters Amendment Bill has not been re-tabled before parliament (it was rejected in November 2012). This will only be possible from 19 February (afterparliament has reconvened) and the date for the tabling of this legislation has not yet been communicated to the RFA.

Until such time, there will presumably not be an implementation of e-tolls.

The Minister of Transport could at any stage publicise a date in the Government Gazette, but there has been no word of when this could happen.

All other tolling projects (Southern Cape, Winelands, Huguenot, etc., as well as Phases 2, 3 and 4 of the tolling on the Gauteng freeways) have been placed on hold. Sanral stated in the media on Friday, 15 February that discussion regardingthese other projects needs to start.

The RFA says these projects, will be discussed with the Department of Transport and Sanral sooner rather than later to ensure the e-toll implementation debacle does not happenagain.